Villanueva's story is interesting. He was born at Naval Air Station Meridien in Mississippi. His father was a Spanish Naval officer on exchange to the US. He has lived all over Europe and learned American football, in of all places, Belgium during his dad's tour of SHAFE.

I think he speaks several languages. His best friend in Casteau was admitted to West Point and he told the coaches about this giant of a man in Belgium. That is how he got to West Point.

The Roger Goodell experience has been like a Wayans Brothers/BLM remake of Trading Places where the Duke brothers take a not particularly smart and unlikeable white turd out of the company mailroom and put him in charge of the company to see if he can run it into the ground. Bathtub Boy should play Beeks and Jen Rubin Ophelia.

Jets did the same thing. Everyone stood arm in arm, including the owner. (Well, the acting owner, since his older brother Woody Johnson became US Ambassador to England.) Happy b.s., but that's fine with me. At least they were all standing. Opponents, the Dolphins, had several guys kneeling.

Cillizza is such an idiot. Of course there can be reprisals for making idiotic statements and stunts, just not in the form of prosecution by the state. That isn't a difficult concept to grasp even for a floating head on the airport channel.

AB @ 5:27... funny you should mention that. We are watching Vietnam on Maine Public TV (the re-air) and just now are watching the part about about McCain. Whatever anyone thinks about Ken Burns and the narrative,it is very interesting to watch.

Momto2...the NASCAR race in New Hampshire is the final race for this date in NH. There will still be a July race,but this date is moving to Las Vegas next year. Speaking of a sport that is suffering because of lack of viewership.

The young man who is the points leader in the ARCA race series is from Fort Kent,Maine. His family's trucking company are clients of hubby's office. When Austin was still in high school,his parents asked hubby to talk him into going to college. He was interested in politics,but he really wanted to race. He's following his dream.

The specific rule pertaining to the national anthem is found on pages A62-63 of the NFL League Rulebook. It states:
“The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem.
“During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition...
...It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.”

I taped the Vietnam series for hubs but I couldn't bear to watch it. I think he's to the point Johnson is about to take over after JFK's death and do the impossible - top JFK's mammoth errors in judgment. Doesn't sound like Burns went easy on either.

Terry Bradshaw is not very bright. Phenomenal athlete and may still be the Louisiana record holder for high school in the javelin toss. I would doubt Terry's ability to do fairly simple tasks. Like balance his checkbook

From MLB site on history of anthem at games: "From that day [1918 World Series] on, the anthem rang out on Opening Day, special occasions (like Independence Day) and the and during World War II, when all Major League ballparks boasted public announcing systems, the tradition of the anthem before every game began." ... They should have kept it a special tradition for special but infrequent occasions imo. Whoever said "Familiarity breeds contempt" was not wrong.

Back from 5:00 mass since it was the one the Confirmatis' attended and Frederick is one of them. These years class is over 60 and they filled up 7 rows of pews in our church which is actually a basilica and very large.

He had to write a letter to his confirmation sponsor and I know for a fact he has the only sponsor who is a Nigerian Prince:) Plus a noted kidney (is that Rheinal?) surgeon in NYC.

What was funny was that all the kids were in shorts or jeans and T's or hoodies but for one kid, he was in shirt and tie. But then he is the best kid, most mannerly, intense student and the one most likely to become a priest. Even his mom agrees with me.

Section 4, Article 8 of the rule book Clarice posted prohibits any kind of "personal message" when a player (or any other employees) is visible in the stadium or on TV. ...like taking a knee or honoring fallen police officers.

now burns doesn't spell it out, but he suggests that being quartermaster to the French end of the conflict, and diem's declaration of victory in the south Vietnamese elections were the more obvious mistakes, but that's not at all certain, knowing the nature of left wing dictators, consider Indonesia, which had a similar experience with decolonialism, and the trouble sukarno proved, or ne win, of the Burmese junta, that ruled for thirty some years,

The most interesting thing about the flightline interview was how knowledgeable and spontaneous he was on every issue the reporter threw at him. No hemming and hawwing at all. Even Bush, but particularly, the smartest zero in the world would be searching for words. Not Trump.

LIke I have pointed out, he was born here of a Spanish naval officer and his wife. Then lived around Europe on NATO duty (his dad).

But the poor butt hurt NFL players who as a minimum make $425K a year feel oppressed. This is what our current edumacation system has given us. Poor rse. All the facts and no one wants to do a damn thing.

I don't know, Janet. Originally, I thought it was because of the anthem's background/lyrics - America was not the "land of the free' for millions of black slaves when the poem was written. The verses we never hear include phrases like "hireling and slave" iirc. Choosing a song about a flag surviving a night of bombardment in a war most Americans are clueless about in a location almost no one can name has always seemed a bizarre anthem choice to me.

Don't forget that originally Kaeperdick's initial rant and reason the first time he did it was that he thought Hillary got special treatment and should be in prison AND that anyone that was protesting with BLM would not get the special treatment she did.

I actually like the anthem. The flag is obviously a symbol, its survival representative of the survival of the country. The imagery of the soldiers inspired by being able to see the flag at night because of the 'bombs bursting in air' is pretty cool.

I suppose it's possible that "land of the free" might grate on the descendants of slaves, but I doubt most of these kneelers even know (other than possibly that) what is in the lyrics.

I found it very odd that in that matrix someone posted, that Dems are more highly favorable of watching Tennis. When you consider the price of major tournament tickets that seems skewed wrong but then the left have become the dominant billionaires in this country. And golf was more Republican than NASCAR?

A sports radio caller here had a good point tonight, that the NFL blew its chance to crack down when Kaepernick first started this crap, and he invoked Giuliani's broken windows. If you don't do anything about the small stuff, pretty soon you're having to deal with the bigger problems that ensue.